Lennar Corporation was a leading decliner within the materials & construction industry, falling $1.19 (-3.0%) to $38.04 on heavy volume

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Lennar Corporation ( LEN) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.5%. By the end of trading, Lennar Corporation fell $1.19 (-3.0%) to $38.04 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 8,085,487 shares of Lennar Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,216,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $37.82-$39.90 after having opened the day at $39.37 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.23. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were: Real Goods Solar ( RSOL), down 6.5%, Headwaters ( HW), down 5.2%, Boise Cascade ( BCC), down 5.0% and KB Home ( KBH), down 4.7%.

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Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding, financial services, and real estate businesses in the United States. Lennar Corporation has a market cap of $6.3 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.0, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Lennar Corporation a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Lennar Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.